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WELCOME, PARENTS!ENGLISH I PRE-AP – ALYSSA ALAMIA
27 SEPTEMBER 2018
CONTACT INFORMATION:
• Email: [email protected]
• Class website: http://www.humbleisd.net/Domain/8538
• Go to KHS Home Page → Staff Sites →Alyssa Alamia
• Please encourage your student to check this regularly, especially following
an absence!
• Remind subscription information:
• Text @alamia1 to 81010
ENGLISH I PRE-AP
• Purpose: to offer an enriched, accelerated, and rigorous curriculum in order to prepare students for college-level AP courses and increase their cultural literacy.
• Sponsored by the College Board, which administers AP exams as well as the PSAT and the SAT.
CURRICULUM
• Grammar
• Vocabulary (books can be purchased online via RevTrak)
• Composition
• Individual and group presentations
• Research skills
• AP-style strategies
• Broad literature program including• Fiction (A Tale of Two Cities, Ender’s Game, short story selections)
• Nonfiction (Isaac’s Storm, selected speeches)
• Drama (Romeo and Juliet, A Raisin in the Sun)
• Poetry (The Odyssey, selected poems)
COURSE OUTLINE
• Unit 1: Pre-AP English Essentials
• Unit 2: The Epic and the Analytical Essay
• Unit 3: Classic Poetry and Drama
• Unit 4: Non-Fiction Texts: Argument
and Research
• Unit 5: The Pre-20th Century Novel
and Style Analysis
Books are available for purchase in the cafeteria tonight!
ASSESSMENTS
• Tests – typically multiple choice AND major written
components in the same test
• Essays – one or more major paper(s) per quarter; periodic
timed writings
• Formative Assessments – will become more quiz-heavy as
the year progresses
• AP-Style Work – aligned with the junior and senior AP tests
(scaled down for a freshman level of understanding)
TUTORING
• Mondays & Wednesdays [B block]
• or by appointment
• Students should come with
specific items/questions
• Tutoring “traffic” surrounding
essays and tests
• Email is another form of contact
HOW PRE-AP DIFFERS FROM ON-LEVEL
• taught at a much faster pace
• time requirement
• separate curriculum
• students are routinely assessed for critical thinking skills
• focuses on tools and strategies to enable students to
engage in “active, high-level learning,” and “develop
skills, habits of mind, and concepts they need to succeed
in college.”
SUCCESSFUL PRE-AP STUDENTS SHOULD BE…
• highly focused
• task-oriented
• able to prioritize
• willing commit the necessary
time to read analytically, think
critically, and work
independently both during and
outside of class
TRANSITION FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL TO HIGH SCHOOL → GRADING / AVERAGES
PSAT INFORMATION• Oct. 10th - students will take the PSAT 8/9. This test will be given to all
freshmen (registration is not necessary).
• Purpose:
• The PSAT is an introduction to the College Board SAT. It will test the
same skills and knowledge as the SAT, but it is designed for freshmen grade
level.
• It’s a baseline measurement of college and career readiness. It will also give
students a chance to preview for the first time what a College Board test
will look like.
• Students receive valuable feedback from their scores in order to prepare
for the official PSAT which is given in 10th and 11th grade.
• The PSAT 8/9 is used to help identify student potential for Pre-AP/AP
classes. The results of this test will not be used for a grade nor will it affect
any placement or program you may or may not want to participate in.
Test date:
October 10th
